Oh, how I adore how patient you’ve all been!
Juggling summer vacation, booking and blogging is mind-boggling. (Say that 10 times fast.)
We have a lot of winners to announce…but first…I’d like to tell you about I THOUGHT THIS WAS A BEAR BOOK ’cause it’s my sophomore outing, and, like sophomore year in high school, I’m really nervous about it! (And I might have a teeny crush on the boy with the locker next to mine.)
I slaved over this Facebook cover image. Seriously, it took me two hours because I kept putting stuff where the portrait photo and menus appear. I got smart and downloaded a template…but then I had to rejigger it all…as I was searching for my lost jigger of salt. (Yes, margaritas were necessary fuel.)
For anyone who doesn’t have a photo app on their computer, you can do all this online for free at ipiccy.com.
If you’d like to use this image as your Facebook cover photo, I’d appreciate the support! Let me know if you do in the comments. I’ll be giving away three signed copies of BEAR to anyone who shares news of this book. Pre-order info is on Simon & Schuster’s site here. It releases August 4th! AHHHHHhhhhhhhh!
And now, without further ado, the winners of all the recent giveaways! Margaritas all around!
Winner of DRESS ME! by Sarah Frances Hardy:
NADINE GAMBLE!
Winner of FICTION MAGIC card set by Deb Lund:
JENNETTE MUTOLO!
Winner of WHOSE TOOLS? by Toni Buzzeo:
GLORIA! (from Austin)
Winner of GINNY LOUISE AND THE SCHOOL SHOWDOWN by Tammi Sauer:
CARYN CALDWELL!
Winner of WHEREVER YOU GO by Pat Zietlow Miller:
DENITA JOHNSON!
Winner of art print by Eliza Wheeler:
DANA ARNIM!
Winners of CAT NAP art prints by Toni Yuly:
ERIKA HITCHCOCK
ANNA TODARO
JOY FRERICHS
Congratulations! I’ll be emailing y’all soon!
If you didn’t win, don’t worry, I’ve yet to pick lucky folks for Maria Gianferrari’s book and critique giveaway. That’s coming next week, so there’s still time to enter!
Thanks again for visiting my blog. Stay tuned for more summer giveaways! (Sorry, margaritas sold separately. Some assembly required.)
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July 11, 2015 at 10:36 am
Kathy Doherty
Congratulations to all the winners!
July 11, 2015 at 10:45 am
Laura Sassi
Congrats to the winners and to you, Tara, for creating such a fun, colorful Facebook cover page! Your new book has an adorable premise and I look forward to reading it! The board book edition of “Goodnight, Ark” releases that day too — so does that make the our books birthday buddies?
July 11, 2015 at 10:47 am
Tara Lazar
Yes! Twins!!!
July 11, 2015 at 10:48 am
Tara Lazar
Or “sisters from another Mrs.”?
July 11, 2015 at 11:27 am
ptnozell
Congratulations to all of the winners & especially to you, Tara, on the upcoming book birthday. So impressed by the Facebook cover page, too! Count me in to help share your good news! Oh, and I wasn’t able to forward when I saw it, but I Thought this was a Bear Book was suggested reading for me in an email from Barnes & Noble earlier this week.
July 11, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Tara Lazar
Oooh, that’s great, I didn’t know about the email! Thanks!
July 11, 2015 at 11:45 am
Rosi Hollinbeck
Congrats to all the winners. I Thought This Was a Bear Book is such an intriguing title. I can’t wait to see it. I tweeted about it. https://twitter.com/rosihollinbeck/status/619895039305498624
July 11, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Tara Lazar
Thanks, Rosi!
July 11, 2015 at 1:37 pm
Sue Frye
Congrats to all the winners! I Thought This Was a Bear Book sounds too interesting to resist reading!
July 11, 2015 at 4:09 pm
Kathy Grupe
Hi Tara,
Your new book looks so cute! Can’t wait to add to my school library and share with the kiddos and teachers. I shared this in my Facebook.
Kathy Grupe, Librarian
West Birdville Elementary
July 11, 2015 at 11:16 pm
Tara Lazar
Thanks, Kathy! I’ll be offering free school Skype visits with this release and LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD in the fall.
July 12, 2015 at 10:47 am
Sheri Rad
So many lucky winners always a good chance on Tara’s site. Still trying to figure out the bear idea to use on a page.
July 16, 2015 at 8:04 pm
writersideup
Wow, that IS quite the list of winners! SO many great giveaways, Tara 😀 Congrats to EVERYone! 😀 And a big one to you, Tara, for your new release in just a couple of weeks! 😀 Yay!!!
July 26, 2015 at 2:08 pm
Erika Hitchcock
Hi Tara-
Just wanted to touch base with you. I’ve been outta the country the last week and a half and my email has been acting up (so I may have missed your email). I was very excited to hear I won a Cat Nap print and I hope I didn’t miss my opportunity to receive one.
Thanks!!
Erika Hitchcock